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this insect, see directions for destroying the 

 Borer, in Section 3d of the Chapter on The 

 Applet 



The Yellows. This destructive disease 

 has proved fatal to whole orchards, in some 

 sections of the country. Its symptoms are, 

 1st, a growth of slender, sickly, wiry shoots, 

 with small yellowish leaves ; 2d, the prema- 

 ture ripening of the fruit, two or three weeks 

 earlier than its proper season. This disorder 

 seems most disposed to attack rapid growing 

 varieties. It is propagated by planting the 

 stones of peaches grown upon affected trees, 

 by budding, and also by the pruning knife 

 communicating the infectious sap from one 

 tree to another. It is universally believed to 

 be a contagious disorder, and whoever has a 

 tree decidely affected with it, ought to cut 

 down and burn the tree at once. There is no 

 other sure remedy yet known. Downing 

 thinks that those who have trees healthy in 

 this respect, may keep them so by the shorten- 

 ing-in system, already strongly recommended 

 for its other beneficial effects. 



Identifying Varieties. Different varieties of 

 this fruit are less easily identified by their 

 form and color, than those of the apple and 



